DieselMech Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 All right, I know that I have seen this on the Light-O-Rama forums before but cant seem to find it now. I have all my controllers attached to a director. I only have a timer on the first controller but I am getting network power when it is turned off. I had cut 2 wires in my old Cat5 cable but now cant seem to find what 2 wires control the power. I need to cut them so the director doesn't have power when show turns off. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) On a LOR RS485 network pins 1&2 3&6 are power, pins 4&5 are data. (corrected, I don't want to post false data 😁) Edited November 27, 2018 by Mr. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Power is on pins 3 & 6 - In most cases, that will be the White/green pair (could be White/Orange) Data is on pins 4 & 5 - Normally the White/Blue pair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, k6ccc said: Power is on pins 3 & 6 - In most cases, that will be the White/green pair (could be White/Orange) Data is on pins 4 & 5 - Normally the White/Blue pair. 3&6? I thought they were 1&2? Thank you for the correction. Edited November 27, 2018 by Mr. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 1 minute ago, Mr. P said: 3&6? I thought they were 1&2? No. Pins 1 & 2 pass through each controller untouched. I put a resistor at the far end of the network between 1 & 2 and then detect that at the USB adapter end. If the resistance changes (open or short), it sets off an alarm and I know someone is tampering with my network. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EARLE W. TALLEY Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 On page 10 & 11 of the users guide are instructions about power to the director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselMech Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 Thank you all. This community is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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